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Analysis of museum labels description

Publication date: 18.12.2019

Opuscula Musealia, Volume 26 (2019), Volume 26, pp. 143-156

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843852.OM.18.009.11002

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Anna Karpiewska
Zakład Technik Molekularnych Katedry Medycyny Sądowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu
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Dariusz Iwan
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN
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Przemysław Szymroszczyk
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN
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Ewa Lenard
Muzeum Przyrodnicze Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
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Marek Halama
Muzeum Przyrodnicze Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
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Dominika Pluta
Zakład Technik Molekularnych Katedry Medycyny Sądowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu
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Tadeusz Dobosz
Zakład Technik Molekularnych Katedry Medycyny Sądowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu
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Analysis of museum labels description

Abstract

The aim of the study was to analyse the content of museum labels from various periods in terms of their usefulness in creating new labels for exhibits included in museum collections. Nearly 5,000 museum labels from the years 1811 to 2017 were reviewed, for exhibits at the Museum of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Herbarium of the University of Wroclaw, and the Museum of Forensic Medicine at the Medical University of Wroclaw. On the basis of the collected information, an attempt was made to develop a ‘universal label’template, including a range of necessary information from the point of view of managing and maintaining the accessibility of the relevant collection.

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Information: Opuscula Musealia, Volume 26 (2019), Volume 26, pp. 143-156

Article type: Original article

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Analysis of museum labels description

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4448-5594

Anna Karpiewska
Zakład Technik Molekularnych Katedry Medycyny Sądowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu
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Zakład Technik Molekularnych Katedry Medycyny Sądowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu

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Dariusz Iwan
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN
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Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2226-5782

Przemysław Szymroszczyk
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN
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Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1960-4520

Ewa Lenard
Muzeum Przyrodnicze Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
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Muzeum Przyrodnicze Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0904-6641

Marek Halama
Muzeum Przyrodnicze Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
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Muzeum Przyrodnicze Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6246-9566

Dominika Pluta
Zakład Technik Molekularnych Katedry Medycyny Sądowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6246-9566 Orcid
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Zakład Technik Molekularnych Katedry Medycyny Sądowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0413-9109

Tadeusz Dobosz
Zakład Technik Molekularnych Katedry Medycyny Sądowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0413-9109 Orcid
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Zakład Technik Molekularnych Katedry Medycyny Sądowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu

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Anna Karpiewska (Author) - 14%
Dariusz Iwan (Author) - 14%
Przemysław Szymroszczyk (Author) - 14%
Ewa Lenard (Author) - 14%
Marek Halama (Author) - 14%
Dominika Pluta (Author) - 14%
Tadeusz Dobosz (Author) - 16%

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